East Turkana - Area 14 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 288, Area 14 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (4.3° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 36.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Burgi Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Lokalalei and KBS Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic infilling
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: upward-coarsening, interbedded bioclastic

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 17, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

Primary reference: J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

PaleoDB collection 21474: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.02.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum2 hipparionine horse
Equus indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum4 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: germanoafricanum
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis5
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis5 Coryndon 1977 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.6 Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa pygmaea6 Harris 1976 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus7 Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Alcelaphini indet.7 Brookes 1876 antelope
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Reduncini indet.7 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Kobus sigmoidalis7 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus aff. leche7 Gray 1850 antelope
Menelikia lyrocera7 Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera7 Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Tragelaphus strepsiceros7 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
aff. Tragelaphus strepsiceros7 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
"Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus"
Tragelaphus nakuae7 Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti3 Leakey 1943 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes3 Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1 Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus